After 33 years of clocking in and out of work and religiously saving 10% annually every year, in good times and bad, I have decided to share my monthly dividend income to show what regular saving and investing can accomplish.
For the month of October I made $3,520; an increase of +9.15% versus this time last year. It’s back to seeing bigger months and it feels good. I’m changing the look of my monthly posts just a bit and will focus strictly on dividends received and I now have included a list of each dividend paid.
| Date | Symbol | Company | Amount |
| 10/1/20 | AGR | AVANGRID | 22.74 |
| 10/1/20 | PPL | PPL CORP | 750.97 |
| 10/2/20 | IRM | IRON MOUNTAIN INC | 459.73 |
| 10/5/20 | TU | TELUS CORPORATION | 36.8 |
| 10/6/20 | BLV | VANGUARD BD INDEX FDS LONG TERM BOND | 14.82 |
| 10/6/20 | VCLT | VANGUARD LT CORPORATE BONDS | 15.1 |
| 10/7/20 | HYG | ISHARES TR IBOXX HI YD ETF | 21.31 |
| 10/7/20 | MRK | MERCK &CO. INC COM | 114.24 |
| 10/7/20 | PFF | ISHARES TR PFD AND INCM SEC | 52.34 |
| 10/8/20 | MPW | MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST INC | 150.7 |
| 10/12/20 | GSK | GLAXOSMITHKLINE ADR | 153.78 |
| 10/13/20 | VTR | VENTAS INC | 4.91 |
| 10/15/20 | APTS | PREFERRED APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC | 82.97 |
| 10/15/20 | AQN | ALGONQUIN PWR UTILS CORP | 176.66 |
| 10/15/20 | KBAL | KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL INC | 2.07 |
| 10/15/20 | LEG | LEGGETT &PLATT INC | 68.85 |
| 10/15/20 | WPC | WP CAREY INC | 514.82 |
| 10/16/20 | CPT | CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST | 12.73 |
| 10/19/20 | BCE | BCE INC | 44.66 |
| 10/22/20 | PSEC | PROSPECT CAP CORP | 155.54 |
| 10/26/20 | AMNF | ARMANINO FOODS DISTINCTION INC | 24.85 |
| 10/30/20 | BGS | B&G FOODS INC | 253.27 |
| 10/30/20 | BNS | BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | 23.4 |
| 10/30/20 | CM | CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE | 239.4 |
| 10/30/20 | OGE | OGE ENERGY CORP | 105.9 |
| 10/30/20 | M1 Finance | M1 DIVIDEND GROWTH ACCOUNT | 17.6 |
Simple Dividend Growth 
Good job. That PPL is rocking. Like the new format. I like seeing what people get as dividends. Hope you like the ABBV October surprise we woke up to this morning.
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ABBV 10.2% raise baby!!!
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Awesome results! Its interesting to see that the dividends you receive vary greatly, is that intentional? Or are some positions one time buys and never expanded upon?
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Its a combination of factors, the bulk of my investments were made when I rolled over my old company 401K savings circa 2016 so at the time I made big $10K purchases so depending on the yield payouts will vary. I will say since I am older I leaned more towards conservative utilities which have higher payouts.
There are some I bought when I saw a low price and never added more shares as I didn’t see the value or adding more shares presented more risk.
Then there are some I am just starting to build. But I do not have a high paying job which makes my investment amounts small so positions grow slowly. Once my kids move out in about 6 years my expenses should drop dramatically and I’ll have more money to invest.
Today the bulk of my savings still goes into my new company’s $401K plan so when I leave that job I’ll have another pile of cash to invest 🙂
BTW how is the relocation to attic working out? Winter is coming so hoping it is heated.
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I mean….unbelievable. The numbers truly speak for themselves in this post. Keep up the awesome work. The post looks great and I enjoyed the design!
Bert
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Thank you Bert, At this stage of the game the largest jumps in income are coming from dividend raises. Just received another 8% raise from Merck so as you say the number speak for themselves.
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